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Audacy Hip Hop/R&B “WAMO 107.3” 660 WAMO Wilkinsburg/107.3 W297BU Pittsburgh has announced the promotion of Kiki Brown to Assistant Program Director. Brown had been with the current iteration of WAMO from 2016 to 2019 hosting afternoons. She returned when Audacy took over operations of the station this past April. She previously worked at the former […] […]

Hope Media Group’s “WayFM” Christian AC network has announced new midday and afternoon shows. Carder Price, who co-hosts mornings on Hope Media Group’s 89.3 KSBJ Houston, will add double-duty as midday host on WayFM. That will enable current midday host Bekah Eaker to move to afternoons to join Joy Summers. The duo already co-host the […] […]

Townsquare Media shifted Classic Hits 100.3 WDHI Delhi/94.7 WIYN Deposit NY to Classic Rock as “100.3 & 94.7 The Eagle” earlier this month. The stations serve the I-88 corridor northeast of Binghamton in Central New York including Oneonta. The stations are running Townsquare’s national Classic Rock lineup of Compass Media’s Free Beer & Hot Wings […] […]

Sports Illustrated’s Richie Whitt is reporting that iHeartMedia Rock “97.1 The Eagle” KEGL Fort Worth/Dallas will flip to Sports/Hot Talk as soon as Friday, September 30. The station will rebrand as “97.1 The Freak” confirming what we first reported earlier this week in our Domain Insight report. Current afternoon hosts Ben Rogers and Jeff ‘Skin’ […] […]

The FCC has rejected Sound of Hope Radio NFP’s 98.3 WQEG-LP Chicago’s Application for Review and Motion for Stay filed in February against the modification application filed by 99.1 W256CL Park Forest IL to relocate to the Willis Tower on procedural gorunds. The FCC noted that the CP for the now Ohana Del Sol, LLC owned translator expired on June 5 although a new, similar modification application was filed on June 16. Sound of Hope Radio petitioned to the FCC to deny the application originally made by Edgewater Broadcasting as being the fourth in a series of hops to move W256CL forty miles into Chicago, seeking the denial to to allow itself to submit a modification closer to “the Chinese community in Chicago”.

Walco Enterprises “Boss Hogg Radio” 1170 WKFL Bushnell FL has been issued a Notice of Violation for operating outside of its licensed parameters. WKFL, a daytimer, was logged by FCC agents on both March 22 and 23 as operating at 8:16pm after the local sunset time of 7:30.

The FCC has entered into consent decrees with the following licensees over failing to maintain their public files and/or online political files:

DJRO Broadcasting LLC licensee of WLGZ-FM Webster NY
Enrico Brancadora licensee of WIBG Avalon and WWAC Ocean City-Somers Point NJ
Radio Amor, Inc. licensee of WADS Ansonia CT
Sea-Mar Community Health Center licensee of KKMO Tacoma WA
Sunbury Broadcasting Company licensee of WVLY-FM Milton, WEGH Northumberland, and WKOK and WQKX Sunbury PA

Deletions
Endurance Broadcasting turned in the license of 1220 KLBB Stillwater MN. Northpine.com reports that the station, which rimshotted Minneapolis, sold its tower site in 2018 and has been running NOAA Weather Radio programming from a temporary site.

After ceasing operations at the end of 2021, Radford Media Group turned in the license of 1280 KDKD Clinton MO.

Hispanic Family Christian Network surrendered the license of 90.3 KBAL-FM Alpine TX.

The Pomfret School’s 91.1 WBVC Pomfret CT was deleted after being silent for over one year.

25/7 Media turned in the licenses of News/Talk 920 KLMR and Hot AC “93.5 The Heat” KLMR-FM Lamar CO after their studio building and AM transmission facilities were destroyed by a microburst on July 23.

Family Stations has turned in the licenses of the two New York City boosters for 92.7 WFME-FM Garden City NY. WFME-1 operated with 99 watts vertical from 10th Avenue and 33rd Street in Manhattan. WFME-2 operated with 1.2kW vertical from right across from JFK Airport in Queens.

Silent Notifications

Townsquare Media’s 790 KOSY Texarkana AR (Transmitter failure)
Unity Broadcasting’s 1410 WQBQ Leesburg FL (Transmitter damage from lightning strike)
Hispanic Family Christian Network’s 1550 WAZX Smyrna GA (Acquired station without transmitter site)
Hispanic Family Christian Network’s 105.5 KZOB-FM O’Brien TX (Loss of tower site due to financial difficulties)

FM Changes […]

The low rated Hot AC format of “My 97.1” KMIY Green Valley/Tucson AZ came to an end this afternoon as the station began stunting with Spanish Rhythmic music ahead of a format change. KMIY, which changed call letters to KMMA last week, is running sweepers in both Spanish and English telling people to get ready […] […]